Lisa Marie Presley’s half-brother Navarone Garibaldi reflects on her ‘surreal’ death
Lisa Marie Presley’s half-brother Navarone Garibaldi reflected on her ‘surreal’ death in an emotional new interview published on the star’s 55th birthday on Wednesday.
Garibaldi, 35, the son of Priscilla Presley, 77, and her ex-partner and former producer Marco Garibaldi, 68, also praised Lisa Marie’s daughter Riley Keough, 33, for taking care of her sisters twins, Harper and Finley, 14, in an interview with People.
The interview comes 20 days after Presley’s tragic death on January 12 at age 54, after she went into cardiac arrest at home and had to be rushed to a hospital after CPR was performed on her. .
He said of his surprise death: “It’s still so surreal” before adding that he wanted to do the interview because “people know about me but they don’t know me” days after he attended a memorial for Presley at Graceland on January 22. .
Garibaldi also said that he and Presley had grown apart in the years before his death.
Devastating: Lisa Marie Presley’s half-brother Navarone Garibaldi reflected on her ‘surreal’ death in an emotional new interview published on the star’s 55th birthday Wednesday (pictured with mother Priscilla Presley in 2015)
The interview also includes that Priscilla is challenging a 2016 revision of her will that removed her and Lisa’s former business manager, Barry Siegel, as trustees of her trust and replaced them with Riley.
While Garibaldi did not comment on the legal move, he did reveal that he was close to Riley, saying, “Riley has been very good with the twins.”
Presley shared Harper and Finley with her ex-husband Michael Lockwood, with whom she was involved in an acrimonious custody battle.
Garibaldi also reflected on his own struggles with drug addiction, after news broke that Presley was “returning to opioids and weight loss drugs” before his tragic death.
He said he started using heroin as a teenager before becoming addicted to fentanyl.
He said; “I was under the impression that he was taking heroin, but then it turned out to be fentanyl. That was a completely different beast. I got so addicted that I needed it every 45 minutes.
He got clean in 2020 so he could visit his wife Elisa in Switzerland and said he spent a month detoxing “and in the fetal position” at Priscilla’s house.
Last month, Garibaldi took to Instagram with a picture of himself as a child with his sister.
Tragic loss: The interview comes 20 days after Presley’s tragic death on January 12 at age 54, after she went into cardiac arrest at home and had to be rushed to a hospital after undergoing surgery CPR (pictured January 10)
Damning court documents have pitted Priscilla (left) with her granddaughter Riley Keough (right) alleging she was ousted as a trustee and an “inconsistent signature” of her daughter Lisa Marie (center) was used
He referenced Lisa Marie’s late father, Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 when she was nine years old; and her late son Benjamin Keough, who committed suicide in July 2020 when she was 27 years old.
“Big sister…I hope you are at peace and happy now with your dad and son by your side,” Garibaldi said. ‘I know the last two years have not been easy for you, and I wish things would have been different between us…regardless, you are my sister and I send you love and prayers for your journey home.
He ended by saying, “I still can’t believe this, I’m at a loss for words.” Love you sister. Bejos.’
Garibaldi paid tribute to his late half-sister a day after his mother confirmed in a statement that the singer-songwriter had died after being rushed to a hospital following what was thought to be cardiac arrest.
“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla told People in a statement. “She was the most passionate, strong, loving woman I have ever met.
“We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thanks for the love and prayers.
At this time, there will be no further comments.
Daughters: Garibaldi 35 – also praised Lisa Marie’s daughter Riley Keough, 33, for looking after her twin sisters Harper and Finley, 14 (pictured) in an interview with People
Post: Navarone helps in memory of his late sister one day after her death at 54 in an Instagram post last month
Lisa Marie’s last public appearance at the Golden Globes came two days before her death, where she attended to support Baz Luhrmann’s film Elvis.
This comes after family sources claimed that Lisa Marie Presley was trying to lose weight for Elvis award season and was even taking opioids in the weeks leading up to her death.
The star underwent plastic surgery two months before the Golden Globes and lost up to 50 pounds as part of a strict regimen, insiders said. TMZ.
At the awards show, just days before her sudden death from cardiac arrest at her California home, the star was seen slurring her words and seemed unsteady on her feet on the red carpet.
In the clip, he turned to his friend Jerry Schilling, 80, and said, “I’m going to grab your arm” while asking him questions before the event. Additional Host Billy Bush.
He seemed to speak slowly and slurred as he talked about movie star Austin Butler and the storms and flooding in Southern California.
Lisa Marie had previously struggled with an addiction to opioids after being put on a short-term prescription during her recovery from the birth of her twin daughters, Harper Vivienne and Finley in 2008.
In 2013, he was a heavy cocaine abuser and entered rehab at least five times.
Lisa Marie was photographed at the Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, two days before her death at age 54.
Opioid overdoses have been known to trigger cardiac arrest, and after a long period of cleansing after an addiction, the body’s tolerance for drugs will be much lower.
Meanwhile, damning court documents have pitted Priscilla against her granddaughter Riley, alleging that she was ousted as a trustee and that an “inconsistent signature” of her daughter Lisa Marie was used.
Priscilla filed legal papers to set aside a 2010 trust amendment for Lisa Marie that removes her and her daughter’s former business manager, Barry Siegel, as trustees and replaced them with her grandchildren Riley and the late Ben Keough.
Ben Keough committed suicide in 2020, which would leave Riley as the sole trustee of Lisa Marie’s estate, but Priscilla hopes to invalidate this amendment.
Priscilla has disputed the validity and authenticity of the amendment, claiming that it was never delivered to her, the date on the document is suspect, the document misspells Priscilla’s name, and Lisa Marie’s signature “appears inconsistent with her regular and customary signature.” .
Lisa Marie reportedly wanted her children to have access to her trust and wanted her eldest daughter, Riley Keough, to manage it, a close friend claims.
“Lisa’s intention was very clear,” said the friend while talking to People Monday. ‘Lisa didn’t really feel that [mother] Priscilla Presley was doing anything in her best interest.
DailyMail.com contacted representatives for Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley.
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She posed with her mother Priscilla Presley and Elvis star Austin Butler at the event.